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Taken from the WCU website (http://www.wcu.edu/liberalstudies/Program.html):
Upper-level Perspectives Courses
Students must have at least three hours from an upper-level (300 or 400 level)
course in any Perspectives area outside of their major. Selected existing
upper-level courses in departments may be approved as Perspectives courses
in Liberal Studies, and these courses will satisfy this requirement. The
development of new upper-level Liberal Studies courses that involve broad,
even interdisciplinary, experiences and do not require prerequisite disciplinary
courses will be encouraged. Alternatively, a student may propose a contract
with the instructor of any upper level course and with the Associate Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs for Liberal Studies to have the course satisfy
this upper level requirement, provided that the student satisfies class standing
and any other course prerequisites. In this case, specific course requirements,
primarily in writing and information use, will be clearly identified or developed
to satisfy the Liberal Studies goals and areas of emphasis. Instructors are
not bound to accept a contract proposal if they feel the course is not suitable,
or if the contract will place an unreasonable burden on the instructor or
on the class as a whole.
The upper level requirement is an attempt to overcome the "get it over with"
attitude toward the former General Education program, and to act on the belief
that liberal studies are lifelong activities. It also affords students the
opportunity to make choices about the broadening Liberal Studies component
of their education based on the more sophisticated perspective they hold
in their junior and senior years of college. This requirement is also intended
to help build faculty commitment to Liberal Studies by offering opportunities
to teach more mature upper level students within the context of Liberal Studies.
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